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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"RETURN TO WORK"”.
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Return to work following a sick leave
The objective of this research was to understand and gain knowledge on how Icelandic organizations welcome their employees' returning to work after sick leave. Employee's sick leave is an unavoidable part of organizations, but the scope of how Icelandic organizations welcome their employees back is …
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Disability and Return to Work Following Musculoskeletal Injury
… and associated with sickness absence, reduced work efficiency, job changes and earlier retirement.. They also affect daily activity and social functioning. Although many MSDs are accompanied by minor symptoms and settled spontaneously, approximately 10% of the workforce with MSDs have …
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Return to Work and Employment Income After Stroke
… functional limitations and have difficulty returning to work. Returning to work after stroke is important for financial reasons, but also for mental health and life satisfaction. Health professionals may assume that many stroke rehabilitation patients do not expect to return to work and …
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Return to Work After Retirement: Contributing Factors and Health Implications
… have encouraged policies aimed at prolonging the working life. This thesis builds on work that has been done to identify factors relevant to the likelihood of involvement in post-retirement work by examining how interactions among various demographic variables impact this likelihood. Furthermore, …
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What is the Experience of Teachers Who Go On Stress Leave and Then Return to Work?
This study gathered the stories of four teachers who have experienced stress to a level of burnout and have had to take a temporary leave from work. Through journaling and subsequent interviews, three themes emerged from the stories: efficacy, value, and support. Participants who felt that they …
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Examining Mothers' Return-to-Work Experiences Following Maternity Leave and the Perceived Impact on Their Careers
ABSTRACTEXAMINING MOTHERS’ RETURN-TO-WORK EXPERIENCES FOLLOWING MATERNITY LEAVE AND THE PERCEIVED IMPACT ON THEIR CAREERS Rebecca Clanton Marsha Richardson As more women attempt to balance their careers with family life, those returning to work from maternity leave in the United States confront …
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NEED OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND PROPOSAL OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT THEIR RETURN -TO -WORK PROCESS
… salute pubblica a livello mondiale; mentre i metodi di diagnosi precoce e i trattamenti efficaci offrono una durata di vita più lunga, gli approcci terapeutici multimodali possono causare una serie di effetti collaterali che influenzano la salute e la qualità di vita delle persone con tumore …
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Narratives of women’s breast cancer experience and how this impacts on their working lives
… are rising. Most studies show that women want to get back to ‘normal’ and describe how returning to work helps to achieve this. For some, there are wider health implications which may affect their mobility or return to work (RTW). Disabilities are sometimes hidden, for example fatigue and …
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The Effects of Education on Fear-Avoidance Behavior of Subjects with Work-Related Low Back Pain
… Fear-avoidance behavior contributes to chronic low back pain. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patient education on fear-avoidance behavior added to conventional physical therapy would have significant effects on return to work status in contrast to a comparison …
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Relationship Between Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionaire (FABQ) Scores and Acute Low Back Pain Treatment
… concern that patients' acute pain will develop into chronic pain, partly because of their fear-avoidance beliefs often resulting in them not returning to work (George, 2006; Pincus, 2002). The aims of this present study were as follows: a) to examine if FABQ risk criteria was significantly related …
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Treatment of Early Intervention for Acute Low Back Pain Patients Utilizing a "Back-To-Work Transition" Component: A One-Year Prospective Study
… an algorithm developed by Gatchel et al. (1995), to identify what patients with ALBP were at high-risk for developing chronic pain and then implemented an interdisciplinary early intervention program in order to prevent the progression of ALBP to chronic low back pain (CLBP). The aforementioned …
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Women Returning to Work Across the Life Course: Who Does It, Why, and What Do They Return To?
… affect 1) the probability and timing of their return to work, 2) whether they change occupation and industry of employment between the jobs they left and the jobs they return to, and 3) whether and how women change work hours and wages between the jobs they left and the jobs they return to. …
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ΜΕΤΑΒΟΛΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΗ ΖΩΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΣΘΕΝΩΝ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΟΞΥ ΕΜΦΡΑΓΜΑ ΜΥΟΚΑΡΔΙΟΥ
A STRUCTURED INTERVIEW RELATED TO THE PERSONALITY TYPE, FAMILY CONFLICT, LIFE DISSATISFACTION, IMPORTANT LIFE EVENTS AND SEXUAL LIFE BEFORE AN ACUTE MI, WAS GIVEN TO 94 PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MI. CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPE A PERSONALITY WERE SHOWN BY 71 (75%) PATIENTS, FAMILY CONFLICT EXISTED IN 33 …
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Breastfeeding experiences of call centre agents
… globally. Several experts consider breastfeeding to be the best way to feed a baby, as it provides numerous benefits to both the mother and the child. One of the main factors that contributes to the early weaning of breastfeeding infants in South Africa is the return to work. This study aimed to …
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Experiences of breastfeeding support at work: A qualitative study among clothing factory workers in South Africa
… rates in the world in 2012 at 8%. This increased to 32% in 2016 but the progress is still slow. Return to work is one of the main reasons working women stop breastfeeding. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to guide this study, which explored support for workplace breastfeeding. …
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Acute Appendicitis in the Public and Private Sectors in Cape Town, South Africa
Compared to the Western world, the incidence of appendicitis is relatively low in South Africa, but with higher complication and rupture rates. Although there have been numerous studies published on appendicitis in South Africa, the literature is notably missing outcome data in the private sector. …
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The Problem of Operational Stress Injuries in an Ontario Fire & Rescue Organization
… of this Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) is to assist public safety leaders in understanding the human and financial costs of operational stress injuries (OSIs) and possible solutions to this issue. OSIs, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are a growing problem for public safety …
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